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Flexicalymene planilabra

Trilobita - Phacopida - Calymenidae

Taxonomy
Flexicalymene planilabra was named by Stumm and Kauffman (1958). Its type specimen is UMMP 34244, a cephalon/head (cranidium with glabella, right cheek & preglabellar field), and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Sun Oil Company, Buss-Halb unit No. 1 well core, Freedom Township, which is in a Rocklandian/Shermanian carbonate limestone in the Trenton Formation of Michigan.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1958Flexicalymene planilabra Stumm and Kauffman pp. 954 - 955 figs. pl. 124 f. 19-20

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderPhacopidaSalter 1864
suborderCalymeninaSwinnerton 1915
familyCalymenidaeMilne-Edwards 1840
subfamilyFlexicalymeninae
genusFlexicalymene
speciesplanilabra

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Flexicalymene planilabra Stumm and Kauffman 1958
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10g
Spines: noneg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileg
Life habit: nektobenthicg
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-09 12:08:00
Modified: 2009-07-20 15:30:25
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Harrington et al. 1959, Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Rocklandian to the top of the Shermanian or 457.30000 to 449.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rocklandian - Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Michigan) Flexicalymene planilabra (type locality: 75970)